Sökning: "International Development projects"

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  1. 1. Integrating Local Knowledge into the Spatial Analysis of Wind Power: The case study of Northern Tzoumerka, Greece

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Författare :Athanasios Senteles; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Geography; Geographical Information Systems; MCDA; wind energy; local knowledge; Greece; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Increasing demand for incorporating renewable energy projects into the national energy mix, is associated with international and European efforts to tackle the negative effects of climate change and strengthen energy resilience. Greece, as a member country of the European Union, has acknowledged that necessity, by implementing a national program aiming to significantly reduce Green House Gas Emissions and upscale Renewable Energy Sources (RES) project development in upcoming years. LÄS MER

  3. 2. OWNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN AID PROJECTS A qualitative study of workers perceptions of work methods, constraints and motives to ownership and participation reforms in the aid project Bai Bang

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Louise Grähs; [2023-04-14]
    Nyckelord :Ownership reforms; Participation reforms; Aid projects; The Bai Bang project; Constraints to ownership; Instrumentalist motives to ownership; Purist motives to ownership;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the essay is to develop a better understanding of aid- actors and implementors perceptions of efforts to create ownership and participation in aid projects. In research and policy literature on international aid, the terms ownership and participation have emerged as fundamental components for ensuring the success of aid (Rabinowitz 2015, Kanji & Greenwood 2001, Brown 2017). LÄS MER

  4. 3. Evaluation of a twinning project between midwife associations in Sweden and Ghana

    Magister-uppsats,

    Författare :Hanna Fjellström; Emelie Sandberg; [2023-02-13]
    Nyckelord :Twinning; midwife associations; implementation science;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Globally, maternal and newborn health is a priority and progress has been made through the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in developing countries millions of women and newborn still have inadequate access to antenatal care, safe abortions and to be able to give birth in a health facility. LÄS MER

  5. 4. A Solidarity Model of Foreign Aid? : A case study of the Olof Palme International Center’s projects in South Africa

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Författare :Malin Stål; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Foreign aid; international solidarity; charity; non-governmental organisation; development aid; South Africa; Sweden; Olof Palme International Center; Utländskt bistånd; internationell solidaritet; välgörenhet; icke-statliga organisationer; bistånd; Sydafrika; Sverige; Olof Palmes internationella center;

    Sammanfattning : This bachelor thesis is a qualitative case study of whether the Olof Palme International Center’s (OPC) model of foreign aid, as a Swedish non-governmental organisation (NGO), is understood by leading figures of the three types of participants involved in the model; the OPC, Swedish member organisations, and, in this case, South African partner organisations, as taking either a solidarity- or charity-approach to foreign aid, in both theory and practise. The theories of Mutual Aid and International Solidarity are used to construct two opposing “solidarity” and “charity” models of foreign aid, against which the OPC model is compared. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Analyzing the risk of Maladaptation: Implications for adaptation projects among development agencies

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Författare :Bikram Sedhai; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Climate Change Adaptation; Maladaptation; Non-Governmental Organizations; Transformational Adaptation; International aid; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The need for climate change adaptation is widely acknowledged and adaptation projects around the world are proliferating. Despite being one of the key actors for the implementation of adaptation projects, significant knowledge gaps persist regarding the potential maladaptive outcomes of such projects for international non-governmental organizations. LÄS MER